2020 Sagan Exoplanet Summer Virtual Workshop
Extreme Precision Radial Velocity
Preliminary Agenda
March 31 status: The agenda shown below was for the originally planned in-person meeting. It will be changed for the now virtual workshop and this site will be updated in the next several weeks as those plans are made.
Sunday July 19
ExoPAG Meeting: Beckman Institute Auditorium
The next meeting of the
Exoplanet Exploration Program Analysis Group (ExoPAG)
prior to the summer workshop. Workshop participants are encouraged to come early to attend.
Registration Gathering
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4-6 pm: Please join us for the opportunity to register and greet colleagues. We'll have light snacks available but you'll want to get dinner afterwards.
Monday July 20: Fundamentals of PRV, Error Budgets, Instrumentation
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8:30 am: Welcome and Opening Comments
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Chas Beichman, Elise Furlan, Dawn Gelino (NExScI)
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8:50 am: Why RVs are important (Demographics, Masses and Orbits for Characterization, Multiple Systems and Dynamics)
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Chad Bender (University of Arizona)
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9:40 am: Fundamentals of PRV
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Debra Fischer (Yale)
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10:30 am:
Morning Break
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11:00 am: Fundamentals of Instrumentation
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Andreas Quirrenbach (University of Heidelberg)
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11:50 am: Attendee Poster Pops
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12:10 pm:
Lunch
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1:40 pm: Error Budgets (RV Challenges; Instrumental Challenges/Limitations to RV Precision/Accuracy)
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Sam Halverson (JPL)
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2:20 pm: Wavelength Calibration (Optical Frequency Combs, Etalons, Gas Cells)
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Stephanie Leifer (JPL)
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2:50 pm:
Afternoon Break
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3:20 pm: Overview of Different Types of EPRV Instruments
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Michael Endl (UT Austin)
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4:00 pm: Lessons Learned from Building and Operating a PRV Instrument
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Debra Fischer (Yale)
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4:40 pm: Role of Transits for Validation, Additional Data, Mass-Radius Relationship, RM for Orbital Stability
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Courtney Dressing (UC Berkeley)
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5:30 pm:
Adjourn
Tuesday July 21: Fundamentals of Data Analysis and Statistical Significance
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8:30 am: Standard Method for Measuring RVs and Their Uncertainties
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Sharon Wang (Carnegie Observatories)
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9:15 am: Overview of RV Planet Signal Fitting
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Jason Wright (Penn State)
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10:00 am:
Morning Break
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10:30 am: Statistical Significance of Signals
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Nathan Hara (University of Geneva)
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11:15 am: The Physics Responsible for Various Sources of Stellar Variability
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Heather Cegla (University of Geneva)
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12:00 pm: Attendee Poster Pops
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12:20 pm:
Lunch
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1:45 pm: Poster session I
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2:45 pm: Breakout Sessions
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4:00 pm: Hands-on Session
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5:30 pm:
Adjourn
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6:30 pm:
Workshop Dinner (ticketed event)
Wednesday July 22: Stellar Signals and Tellurics
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8:30 am: Lessons from "Sun as a Star" Observations
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Annelies Mortier (University of Cambridge)
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9:15 am: Strategies for Mitigating Stellar Variability
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Jennifer Burt (JPL)
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10:00 am:
Morning Break
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10:30 am: Power and Danger of Gaussian Processes
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Vinesh Rajpaul (University of Cambridge)
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11:15 am: Mittgating Telluric Contamination
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Cullen Blake (University of Pennsylvania)
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11:45 am: Attendee Poster POPs
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12:15 pm:
Lunch
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1:45 pm: Poster session 2
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2:45 pm: Breakout Sessions
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4:00 pm: Hands-on Session
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5:30 pm:
Adjourn
Thursday July 23: Beyond EPRVs: Characterizing Planets
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8:30 am: Past and Future of RV Science: RVs in the Greater Context of Exoplanet Science
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Andreas Quirrenbach (University of Heidelberg)
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9:10 am: Spectroscopy of Planet Atmospheres
Natasha Batalha (NASA Ames)
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9:50 am:
Morning Break
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10:20 am: High-Resolution Spectroscopy of Exoplanet Atmospheres
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Jayne Birkby (University of Amsterdam)
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11:00 am: The Importance of Mass on Assessing Planet Habitability
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11:45 am:
Lunch
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1:15 pm: Hands-on sessions: work on group projects and prepare for presentations
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5:15 pm:
Adjourn
Friday July 24: The Future
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8:30 am: The EPRV Initiative
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Scott Gaudi (Ohio State University)
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9:20 am: The Advantages of Measuring RVs from Space
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Peter Plavchan (George Mason University)
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9:50 am:
Morning Break
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10:20 am: Beyond Bare Detection to Biological and Geological Indicators
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Jim Kasting (Penn State University)
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11:10 am:
Career Panel
Non-academic Career Paths for Exoplanet Scientists: Communicating Transferable Skills
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Stephen Redman (The Aerospace Corporation), Jennifer Roberts (JPL), Jon Arenberg (Northtrop Grumman), Laura Danly (Griffith Observatory), Ben Nelson (Wealthfront)
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12:40 pm:
Lunch
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2:15 pm: Group Project Presentations
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4:15 pm: Closing Comments
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4:30 pm:
Adjourn
Questions?
Sagan_Workshop@ipac.caltech.edu
Workshop Code of Conduct.
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(last updated April 14th, 2020 16:22:30)
